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Taiwan signed an agreement with the US in Washington on Wednesday to mark its donation of US$500,000 to support programs to stabilize communities affected by the Islamic State group, or ISIS, in northeast Syria. The agreement was signed at the American Institute in Taiwan’s Washington office by office managing director Ingrid Larson and Representative to the US Hsiao Bi-khim (蕭美琴). The US$500,000 donation by the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office (TECRO) in the US would build up the capacity of Syrian society to effectively meet the needs of residents, including access ...

Minister Without Portfolio Audrey Tang (唐鳳) and Representative to the US Hsiao Bi-khim (蕭美琴) are to attend the US-led Summit for Democracy on Dec. 9 and 10, the government said yesterday, after US President Joe Biden announced the list of guests for the virtual event. The US Department of State on Tuesday announced a list of 110 invited participants, including Taiwan, Australia, Canada, the Czech Republic, France, Germany, Japan and the UK. China and Russia were not invited, and Beijing expressed anger at the decision to invite Taiwan. The summit is to revolve around three key themes...

BIDEN NOD: A China watcher said that the inclusion of Taiwan is notable, as it is the only democratic state on the list that Washington does not officially recognizeBy Lin Chia-nan / Staff reporter

On August 10, 2021, officers from the United States and d Taiwanese Coast Guards held a virtual meeting in which they discussed increasing security and cooperation. Washington’s de facto Embassy in Taipei, the American Institute in Taiwan, said in a statement that at the meeting, the sides “discussed ways to improve joint maritime responses to…

Taiwan Business TOPICS Palau President Visits Taiwan Surangel Whipps Jr., President of the Micronesian country of Palau, one of Taiwan’s few remaining diplomatic allies, made a five-day official visit to Taiwan in late March to celebrate the opening of a special travel bubble between the two partners. Accompanying Whipps on his visit was U.S. Ambassador to Palau John Hennessey-Niland, the first American ambassador to visit Taiwan in four decades. The delegation was received at Taoyuan International Airport on March 28 by Taiwan’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Joseph Wu. Whipps is the first ...